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English drummer

Person · Open Library

Works
13

Top works

  • Rabbit Teeth
  • Nine Centuries of Care
  • Routledge Companion to Freedom of Expression and Censorship
  • Journalism and Free Speech
  • Redefining Journalism in the Era of the Mass Press, 1880-1920

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Country
GB
Active from
1975

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,286
Total plays
12,256

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1.) John Steel was an American vocalist who found his biggest success in the 1920s. Described by musicologist Allan Sutton as a “working man’s John McCormack,” Steel was signed to the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1919, the same year he starred in “The Ziegfeld Follies of 1919.” An Actors Equity strike that year brought Steel into the headlines when, although siding with strikers, he was legally forced to perform. Steel went on to star in “The Ziegfeld Follies of 1920” and released a series

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan
b. 1941
Nationality
GB
Language
eng
Gender
Male

Recorded by 7 libraries

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
John
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Gateshead
Occupation
drummer
Instrument
drum kit
Image
John Steel The Animals drummer.jpg
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date of birth
1941-02-04
Commons category
John Steel (drummer)
member of
The Animals
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